Cox Farms to Kick Off Fall Festival Sept. 17-18

CENTREVILLE, VA — Mark your calendars! Cox Farms will kick off its Fall Festival with a Preview Weekend on Sept. 17-18, and then the festival will be open daily from Sept. 24-Oct. 31 and Nov. 4-8, according to a Cox Farms announcement.

The Fall Festival features hayrides, giant slides, rope swings, the Cornundrum Cornfield adventure, the Imaginature Trail, and all sorts of farm animals and their babies. Friendly goats welcome visitors to their redesigned Billy Goat Village, where guests can visit and feed them. Each slide is themed differently, so visitors will fly out of castles, barns, and volcanos, exploring everything from dinosaur digs to mining towns to giant beanstalks.

Treetops, the newest attraction at Cox Farms, will debut at Preview Weekend. Treetop is Cox Farms’ take on a tree house: a series of connected, raised platforms to explore, with giant bark-covered utility pole “trunks” as their bases. Treetops visitors can take in the 360-degree views of the festival grounds from above, and enjoy interactive features including flag-raising and noise-making. Treetops also features two slides, one fully covered tube slide and one open slide.

As Pokemon Go players have discovered, Cox Farms is home to dozens of Pokestops and several gyms. On Wednesday afternoons in October, Cox Farms will be luring at least a dozen Pokestops around the festival grounds and along the hayride route. Visitors can take advantage of discounted “Last Call” tickets starting at 4 PM to “catch ‘em all” while also enjoying hayrides, slides, and all the fun of the Fall Festival, hatching eggs along the way!

When night falls on the farm, it’s time for Fields of Fear! on Friday and Saturday nights Sept. 23-Nov. 5, plus “Bonus Night” Sunday, Oct. 9. The friendly Imaginature Trail takes a dark turn for Fields of Fear, transforming into The Forest: Back 40. The Forest has doubled in length for 2016, and now consists of half a mile of fear. The Forest joins two other haunted attractions at Fields of Fear, the Dark Side Hayride and the Cornightmare. The Firegrounds feature several bonfires, a six-lane slide, music, entertainment, tasty treats, and Fear Games, including the dark maze, Nyctophobia (hint: the name means “Fear of the dark”).

Back this year are two Fall Festival weekday “value visit” options introduced in 2015. There will be seven “Discount Weekdays” during the 2016 season (Sept. 26, 27, 28, 29 and Oct. 3, 4, and 5), during which admission will be just $6 all day. On October weekdays (not including Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday 10/10) after 4 PM, $5 “Last Call” tickets make those after-school visits a bargain.

To support local public servants, Cox Farms offers a $5 discount on up to four Fall Festival tickets to public servants during two Public Servants Weekends, on Opening Weekend (Sept. 24-25) and Pumpkin Madness Weekend (Nov. 5-6) this year. Government employees, educators, first responders, law enforcement, nurses and members of the military can save $5 by presenting a valid badge or identification.

Cox Farms Members and Fear Fanatics receive additional discounts and offers. Sign-up is available through the website as is additional information about perks of the program, including deals on admission for Preview Weekend and Pumpkin Madness Weekend, as well as an exclusive offer for Fields of Fear’s Opening Weekend.

For more information, visit: www.coxfarms.com and www.fieldsoffear.com.

Cox Farms: 2016 Fall Festival Hours and Schedule

Fall Festival Schedule

• Preview Weekend: September 17-18, 2016
• Daily: September 24– October 31, 2016 and November 4-8, 2016
• Pumpkin Madness: November 5 – 6, 2016
• Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (closing at 5:00 PM in November); last admission one hour before closing.

Fields of Fear Schedule

• Friday and Saturday Nights: September 23 – November 5, 2016
• Bonus Night: Sunday, October 09, 2016
• Hours: 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM; last admission at 10:00 PM (some attractions may sell out earlier)